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The MAROON Vol. 63, No. 8 Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 October 19,1984 Trustees approve SCAP proposals By Rene Sanchez Recommendations made by the Standing Council on Academic Planning have been approved by Loyola's Board of Trustees, a move which will initiate increased academic rigor throughout the curriculum, according to Dr. Robert A. Preston, vice-president for Academic Affairs. Preston, who serves as chairman of the council, said that almost all of SCAP's recommendations were approved by the board at its September meeting. Approved recommendations include:•A language competency requirement for all students to demonstrate an ability to either read or write a foreign language at some level •A "writing across the curriculum" program designed to improve writing skills of all students •Limiting enrollment to 30 students in introductory common curriculum courses •Requiring communications students to have a secondary academic concentrationconcentration of 24 hours, and tightening entrance requirements into the major •Instituting a bachelor of arts in music, offered jointly by the Music and Arts and Sciences colleges •Allowing pre-med students to major in biology, chemistry or psychology •Requiring secondary education students to major in their area of teaching interest, thus phasing out secondary educaion as a major "... people pay for a quality education. And a quality education is a rigorous education." —Preston •Discontinuing the dental hygiene program after 1986 and the medical technology program after 1987 •Discontinuing majors in classical studies, physical education and sacred music "The basic plan is that people pay for a quality education. And a quality education is a rigorous education," Preston said. "My hope is that a Loyola graduate will be recognized by an ablity to write very well, to have had a very rigorous education in the Jesuit tradition." Now with board approval, task forces will study ways to implement "writing across the curriculum," to increase foreign language competency and to decrease common curriculum class size. He said the new programs will greet freshmen in the fall of 1985. Babes on Broadway? Not quite, but these Loyola music students are starring in a show of their own, titled "What Momma Never Told Me 'bout Big Muddy, "at the world's fair. From left, Cheryl Callahan, Robert Wagner, Jean nine Grego, Jason Oby and Debra Boyd. —Photo by Darlene Pierce Central American policies decried By Sharon Wade The Citizen Witnesses Against U.S. War Crimes in Central America handed the U.S. government an indictment for human rights violations in Central America and the Caribbean. The Citizen Witnesses posted the document on the U.S. Department of Justice Building, 500 Camp St., Oct. 13. A security guard promptly removed the indictment after it was posted, but assured the protesters it would be delivered to the proper authorities. Senior Loyola law student Colleen McGuire, a member of the Citizens Witnesses and the Loyola University Law Guild, said it is the American peoples' responsibility to speak out against U.S. intervention in Central America. "We feel it is important for citizens to step forward and do this. It's our duty, because the U.S. courts have failed to examine the legality of U.S. intervention," McGuire said. The demonstrators claim the indictment is a symbolic gesture used to bring attention to international warrelated injustices. The National Lawyers Guild wrote the indictment, which was posted on federal court buildings around the nation. The Citizen Witnesses would like to conduct war crime tribunals, which would examine the legal aspects of U.S. intervention in Central America in a courtroom atmosphere. The Reagan administration would be on trial, and citizens would act as witnesses. McGuire said she would like the war crime tribunals to be at Loyola. Composed of Louisiana residents representing various political activist groups, the Citizen Witnesses demand an immediate end to U.S. agression in Central America. Cathy Watson, the organizer of the demonstration, said members of her group have traveled to Nicaragua, El Salvador, Grenada, Honduras and Guatemala, where they have seen human rights violations first-hand. "In our travels to Nicaragua it has been painfully apparent that the U.S. government is waging a costly war against the people of that country," Watson said. "One cannot go to Nicaragua these days without attending the funeral of some young person murdered by CIA-backed mercenaries," she added. The indictment lists Reagan, CIA Director William Casey, Secretary of State George Shultz, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and other officials in the Reagan administration as plaintiffs. They are charged with unlawfully conspiring to commit "crimes against peace and crimes against the rules of war," which is in violation of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, the United Nations Charter, the Charter of the Organization of American States, various treaties and U.S. domestic laws including the Constitution. The Reagan administration is accused of "ravaging the civilian population" in its attempts to overthrow the Nicaraguan government, providing funding for the Salvadoran military forces which are "responsible for the deaths of over 40,000 innocent civilians," and waging an "aggressive war in Grenada which resulted in the deaths of 161 citizens." Watson said they will continue to voice their concerns regarding Central America regardless of the outcome of the presidential election. See SCAP/page 6

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The MAROON Vol. 63, No. 8 Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 October 19,1984 Trustees approve SCAP proposals By Rene Sanchez Recommendations made by the Standing Council on Academic Planning have been approved by Loyola's Board of Trustees, a move which will initiate increased academic rigor throughout the curriculum, according to Dr. Robert A. Preston, vice-president for Academic Affairs. Preston, who serves as chairman of the council, said that almost all of SCAP's recommendations were approved by the board at its September meeting. Approved recommendations include:•A language competency requirement for all students to demonstrate an ability to either read or write a foreign language at some level •A "writing across the curriculum" program designed to improve writing skills of all students •Limiting enrollment to 30 students in introductory common curriculum courses •Requiring communications students to have a secondary academic concentrationconcentration of 24 hours, and tightening entrance requirements into the major •Instituting a bachelor of arts in music, offered jointly by the Music and Arts and Sciences colleges •Allowing pre-med students to major in biology, chemistry or psychology •Requiring secondary education students to major in their area of teaching interest, thus phasing out secondary educaion as a major "... people pay for a quality education. And a quality education is a rigorous education." —Preston •Discontinuing the dental hygiene program after 1986 and the medical technology program after 1987 •Discontinuing majors in classical studies, physical education and sacred music "The basic plan is that people pay for a quality education. And a quality education is a rigorous education," Preston said. "My hope is that a Loyola graduate will be recognized by an ablity to write very well, to have had a very rigorous education in the Jesuit tradition." Now with board approval, task forces will study ways to implement "writing across the curriculum," to increase foreign language competency and to decrease common curriculum class size. He said the new programs will greet freshmen in the fall of 1985. Babes on Broadway? Not quite, but these Loyola music students are starring in a show of their own, titled "What Momma Never Told Me 'bout Big Muddy, "at the world's fair. From left, Cheryl Callahan, Robert Wagner, Jean nine Grego, Jason Oby and Debra Boyd. —Photo by Darlene Pierce Central American policies decried By Sharon Wade The Citizen Witnesses Against U.S. War Crimes in Central America handed the U.S. government an indictment for human rights violations in Central America and the Caribbean. The Citizen Witnesses posted the document on the U.S. Department of Justice Building, 500 Camp St., Oct. 13. A security guard promptly removed the indictment after it was posted, but assured the protesters it would be delivered to the proper authorities. Senior Loyola law student Colleen McGuire, a member of the Citizens Witnesses and the Loyola University Law Guild, said it is the American peoples' responsibility to speak out against U.S. intervention in Central America. "We feel it is important for citizens to step forward and do this. It's our duty, because the U.S. courts have failed to examine the legality of U.S. intervention," McGuire said. The demonstrators claim the indictment is a symbolic gesture used to bring attention to international warrelated injustices. The National Lawyers Guild wrote the indictment, which was posted on federal court buildings around the nation. The Citizen Witnesses would like to conduct war crime tribunals, which would examine the legal aspects of U.S. intervention in Central America in a courtroom atmosphere. The Reagan administration would be on trial, and citizens would act as witnesses. McGuire said she would like the war crime tribunals to be at Loyola. Composed of Louisiana residents representing various political activist groups, the Citizen Witnesses demand an immediate end to U.S. agression in Central America. Cathy Watson, the organizer of the demonstration, said members of her group have traveled to Nicaragua, El Salvador, Grenada, Honduras and Guatemala, where they have seen human rights violations first-hand. "In our travels to Nicaragua it has been painfully apparent that the U.S. government is waging a costly war against the people of that country," Watson said. "One cannot go to Nicaragua these days without attending the funeral of some young person murdered by CIA-backed mercenaries," she added. The indictment lists Reagan, CIA Director William Casey, Secretary of State George Shultz, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and other officials in the Reagan administration as plaintiffs. They are charged with unlawfully conspiring to commit "crimes against peace and crimes against the rules of war," which is in violation of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, the United Nations Charter, the Charter of the Organization of American States, various treaties and U.S. domestic laws including the Constitution. The Reagan administration is accused of "ravaging the civilian population" in its attempts to overthrow the Nicaraguan government, providing funding for the Salvadoran military forces which are "responsible for the deaths of over 40,000 innocent civilians," and waging an "aggressive war in Grenada which resulted in the deaths of 161 citizens." Watson said they will continue to voice their concerns regarding Central America regardless of the outcome of the presidential election. See SCAP/page 6